Random, positive and life-affirming musings on various topics and experiences

The Beauty All Around Us

Over the years, I have attended quite a few services in different churches where the focus has been on taking care of God’s creation and looking after Planet Earth.

All very laudable and an excellent objective.

However, I began to notice that during these services, when it came to choosing and singing hymns relating to Planet Earth, the choice was very limited. I began to get rather tired of singing “How Great Thou Art” or “All Things Bright and Beautiful.”

What’s more, none of these hymns actually addressed current issues of climate change and the need to do something.

So I sat down and wrote one

Since then, my hymn has been sung in churches all over the world including Belgium, Finland, Germany, Sweden, UK, United States, Canada, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.

Denzil, that is absolutely beautiful. You are so right. There aren’t any songs that are specifically for that. I’m going to mention your hymn to Pastor Gary. Earth Day will be coming up on Saturday, April 22. Gary always does something about that. Very lovely. 🙂